Buy it for what it is too you also, I have a 67 XKE 2+2. We got it when I was 5 years old. It makes me smile every time I go for a ride even after 43 years. Sometimes its a pain in the ass,I spent most of last summer trying to get my clutch bled after the seals went. I have some crap in the bottom of the gas tank and if I go over about 40 miles an hour it runs itself out of fuel. Doesn't matter I'll get it fixed one of these days. We also have a 62 MarkII Saloon,it is in need of some TLC at the moment,but I could have it drivable in a couple hours,just don't have the time.I have heard all my life about what crappy this and that Jags have.Enjoy it and your Uncle will/would be happy you got it.

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Buy it for what it is too you also, I have a 67 XKE 2+2. We got it when I was 5 years old. It makes me smile every time I go for a ride even after 43 years. Sometimes its a pain in the ass,I spent most of last summer trying to get my clutch bled after the seals went. I have some crap in the bottom of the gas tank and if I go over about 40 miles an hour it runs itself out of fuel. Doesn't matter I'll get it fixed one of these days. We also have a 62 MarkII Saloon,it is in need of some TLC at the moment,but I could have it drivable in a couple hours,just don't have the time.I have heard all my life about what crappy this and that Jags have.Enjoy it and your Uncle will/would be happy you got it.

At one time there was a place in Colorado called JTR, it stood for Jaguars That Run.....they specialized in mid year (70s 80s) Jaguars where they swapped ion a Chevy 350 and a Turbo 350. A buddy had one and it did run!

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hopefully you can work on it yourself, they are money pits. I had a 2+2 '71. the V12 was a blast to drive when running.

It spent a lot of time on a trailer going to the shop though. If not a lot of work has been done on it expect anything gasket and rubber to need attention. treat it like a car with 2 v6's and you will get the idea

awesome cars though, I wanted to do a v8 conversion to make it a true daily driver but didn't have the funds at the time and sold it.

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At one time there was a place in Colorado called JTR, it stood for Jaguars That Run.....they specialized in mid year (70s 80s) Jaguars where they swapped ion a Chevy 350 and a Turbo 350. A buddy had one and it did run!

There was a neighbor of mine, who happened to be a funeral director, that had a new (black of course) '73 XJ6 and a new (black of course) '73 2+2 XKE type V12, (whatever it was called) both automatics. He occasionally let me drive them, and were of course way out my league purchase wise or any other wise. Superb feeling cars, sumptuous, smooth, agile, quick, great brakes - all for the time. Just getting into a Jag on warm spring day, with the inside leather heated up just so, was a olfactory pleasure. When I drove the XJ6 I had to buy a box of Andes mints and just pop them into my mouth and enjoy the ride. This being the 70's era Jags, I didn't see his cars for very much longer. To this day I don't understand how the Brits, what with their other aesthetics, could come up with such a body style, in particular the '67's and earlier